38. A TERRIBLE DEATH

　　In 1732 in Guixing, there was an unemployed trapper named Wei who had a gun. He caught hundreds of birds and either sold them or ate them himself with liquor.
　
　　Wei also liked to dig out eels, catch frogs, and trap turtles. Sometimes he even poisoned ponds and dragged out heaps of dead fish. He overturned nests and took away birds' eggs.
　
　　His friends told him, "Old Wei, you should stop killing animals. You ought to do some farming or get a decent job."
　
　　Old Wei never took their advice. Instead, he told them to mind their own business.
　　
　　Over the years, Old Wei ran up an enormous blood debt. He ended up with boils all over his body. Some of the boils were as large as pigeon eggs, and every boil had a hard piece in it the size of a shotgun pellet. Old Wei's whole body was a mass of pus. It was so painful that when he screamed, he sounded like a soul suffering in hell.
　
　　After a few days of torment, Old Wei died. His family got a coffin. While they were preparing for the funeral, they heard a strange sound. They looked out and saw hundreds and hundreds of animals rushing towards their house! They were astonished. They watched in amazement as flocks of birds, goats, turtles, and frogs rushed into the house. Before they had time to react, all of those animals attacked Old Wei's corpse. They nipped and bit. They clawed and gashed. They chewed and tugged. Some kicked the corpse. Others butted it. It was an incredible, gruesome scene.
　
　　His family knew that this was the result of his bad deeds. In moments, nothing was left of Old Wei but bare bones.

38. 可怕的死亡

　　1732年的时候，在Guixing这个地方，有一个姓魏的捕猎者。他有一杆枪。他逮了成千上百的鸟，不是卖了就是自己就着酒吃掉了。

　　魏也喜欢掘出鳝鱼，捕捉青蛙，诱捕乌龟。有时候他还在湖里下毒，捞上成堆的死鱼。他还倾覆鸟巢，把鸟蛋偷走。

　　他的朋友劝他说:“老魏，你不要再杀生了。你应该做些农活或者找个正经的工作。”

　　老魏听不进去，还叫他的朋友别多管闲事。

　　多年后，老魏欠下了累累血债。他得了一身的疖子死掉了。一些疖子就像鸽子蛋那么大，而且每个疖子都有一个鸟枪子弹那么大的硬块。他全身流脓，疼痛难忍，叫起来就像是在地狱里煎熬一样。

　　在几天的折磨后，老魏才死去。他家人买了一副棺材当他们正操办葬礼时，听到了一阵奇怪的声音。他们往外看去，只见成千上万的动物正向他们家冲来！他们 都吓傻了，眼看着成群的鸟、羊、乌龟、青蛙冲进了屋里。他们还没反应过来，这些动物就冲到了老魏的尸体边。它们又撕又咬，又抓又划，又嚼又拽。一些还踢他 的尸体，还有就直撞上去。这真是令人难以置信的、可怕的一幕。。

　　他的家人知道这是他作恶的报应。不一会，老魏的尸体只剩白骨一堆了。